Fall 2020 Diploma Ceremony Program

Murtaza Ali- Ghulam
Film and Television

Leah Chayah Bragg
Theatre Studies

Joshua Jeriod Dennis
Design Technology

Laryn Alexandria Green
Physical Theatre

Kiana Daishone Naquin
Theatre Performance

Brandon Joseph Persica
Theatre Studies

Noah Thomas Smith
Theatre Studies

Christopher David Bradley
Trombone
Summa Cum Laude

Christopher Thomas Samuel Haugh
Horn

Amy Elizabeth Stone
Voice

Stephen James St. Pierre
Euphonium

Taylor Elizabeth Vastbinder
Harp

Dongwook Cheon
Collaborative Piano
Major Professor: Dr. Ana Maria Otamendi

Allen Keith Carpenter
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Dr. Joseph Skillen

Liliia Oliinky
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Dr. Willis Delony

Diana Thacher
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Dr. Willis Delony

Matthew Lee Ward
Theodore Thomas, the American Symphonic Heritage, and an Orchestral Model for the Twenty-First Century
Major Professor:  Professor Carlos Riazuelo 

Chase Mitchusson
Indeterminate Sample Sequencing in Virtual Reality
Major Professor: Dr. Jesse Allison

James Byo	Director of the School of Music, Carl Prince Matthies Memorial Professor, Music Education
Jesse Allison	Associate Professor, Experimental Music and Digital Media
Lori Bade	Nell S. and Boyd H. McMullan Distinguished Professor, Voice
Inessa Bazayev	Manship Associate Professor, Music Theory
Stephen David Beck	Professor of Composition and Electro-Acoustic Music, Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor
Hana Beloglavec	Assistant Professor, Trombone
Edgar Berdahl	Associate Professor, Experimental Music and Digital Media
John Bishop	Instructor of Guitar
Michael Borowitz	Associate Professor, Opera
Brett Boutwell	William F. Swor Alumni Associate Professor, Musicology
Jason Bowers	Instructor, Music Education
Griffin Campbell	J. Franklin Bayhi Alumni Professor, Saxophone
Jane Cassidy	Roy and Margaret Gianelloni Alumni Professor, Music Education
Dinos Constantinides	LSU Boyd Professor of Composition, Composer-in-Residence
Cliff Croomes	Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Bengal Brass, Assistant Director of Tiger Band
Trey Davis	Stephanie Landry Barineau Associate Professor, Associate Director of Choral Studies
Willis Delony	LSU Boyd Professor, Piano and Jazz Studies
John Dickson	Director of Choral Studies, Edward G. and Catherine M. Galante Chair of Choral Music Education, Stephanie Landry Barineau Professor of Music
Brett Dietz	Associate Professor of Percussion
Mara Gibson	Associate Professor of Composition
Andreas Giger	Louise and Kenneth L. Kinney Professor of Opera and Professor, Musicology
Paul Groves	Artist-in-Residence, Voice
Robert Grayson	Edith K. Kirkpatrick Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Voice
Michael Gurt	Paula G. Manship Distinguished Professor, Piano
Darrel Hale	Associate Professor, Bassoon
Terry Patrick Harris	Professional-in-Residence, Voice
Lin He	Associate Professor, Violin
Laurence Hebert	Director, LSU Gospel Choir
Brandon Hendrickson	Assistant Professor, Voice
Simon Holoweiko	Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Bands
Blake Howe	Manship Associate Professor, Musicology
Daniel Isbell	Associate Professor, Music Education
Dennis Jesse	Galante Family Associate Professor, Voice
Kelvin Jones	Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Tiger Band
Cecilia Kang	Associate Professor, Clarinet
Katherine Kemler	Charles and Mary Barre’ Alumni Professor, Flute
Warren Kimball	Instructor of Music
Elena Lacheva	Professional-in-Residence Collaborative Piano
Espen Lilleslatten	Associate Professor, Violin
Olivia Lucas	Assistant Professor, Music Theory
James "Dugg" McDonough	Mary Barrett Fruehan Associate Professor, Opera
Alison McFarland	Associate Professor, Musicology
Sandra Moon	Associate Professor, Voice
Seth Orgel	Manship Professor, Horn
Ana Maria Otamendi	Janice and Gerald Pellar Professor, Collaborative Piano
Dennis Parker	Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor, Cello
Robert Peck	Professor of Music Theory
Johanna Pennington	Associate Professor, Oboe
Jeffrey Perry	Paula G. Manship Professor, Music Theory
Pamela Pike	Aloysia Landry Barineau Professor, Piano Pedagogy
Carlos Riazuelo	Manship Director of Orchestral Studies, Associate Professor, Conducting
Brian Shaw	Associate Professor Julian and Sidney Carruth Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies
Loraine Sims	Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick Professor, Voice
Joseph Skillen	Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Gallante Professor of Tuba and Euphonium
Herndon Spillman	Professor Emeritus Carolyn Botkin Mattax Herndon Spillman Professor of Organ Studies
Ann Marie Stanley	Aloysia L. Barineau Associate Professor, Music Education
Doug Stone	Assistant Professor, Jazz Studies
Damon Talley	Paula G. Manship Director of Bands, Associate Professor of Conducting
Matthew Vangjel	Associate Professor of Trumpet
Yung-chiao Wei	Professor of Double Bass
Gabriella Werries	Instructor of Harp
Justin West	Assistant Professor of Music Education

Kristin Sosnowsky	Executive Associate Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, Professor of Arts Administration
Jeremy Bernardoni	Assistant Professor of Costume Design
Eun Jin Cho	Visiting Sound Designer
Sonya Cooke	Assistant Professor of Acting
John Michael Eddy	Professional-In-Residence, Props Master
Nick Erickson	Associate Professor of Stage Movement
Femi Euba	Professor of Black Drama and Playwriting, Louise and Kenneth Kinney Professor
John Fletcher	Associate Professor of Theatre History, Billy J. Harbin Professor
Tara A. Houston	Assistant Professor of Scenic Design
George Judy	Professor of Acting and Directing, Gresdna A. Doty Professor
Kyla Kazuschyk	Associate Professor of Costume Technology
James L. Murphy	Professor of Theatre Technology, Technical Director, and Production Manager
Susan Perlis	Co-Head of Dance
Isaac Pletcher	Assistant Professor of Film & TV
Claudio Ribeiro	Professional-in-Residence, Co-Head of Dance
Rockford Sansom	Assistant Professor of Voice
Alan Sikes	Associate Professor of Theatre History
C. Touchet	Instructor of Entertainment, Lighting, and Media Production
Shannon Walsh	Associate Professor of Theatre History
Chris Wood	Professional-In-Residence, Scenic Technology

Todd Queen	Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts
Kristin Sosnowsky	Executive Associate Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts
James Byo	Director, School of Music
Joseph Skillen	Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
Ruth Alise	Front Office Manager, School of Music
Josh Allred	Theatre Recruiter, Office of Student Success
Doris Butler	Business Officer, School of Music
Leonce Clement	Creative Coordinator
Kara Duplantier	Business Manager, Department of Bands
Melissa Fay	Business Manager, School of Theatre
Paloma Gonzalez	Student Services Coordinator
Zachary Hazelwood	Director of Operations
William Kelley	Audio Engineer
Stephen Koivisto	Instrument Repair Technician
Ali Leonard	Opera Production Coordinator
Tim Love	Executive Assistant, Dean's Office
Alexia Perez	Music Recruiter, Office of Student Success
Ferris Peters	Front Office Coordinator, Theatre
Lori Pilley	Director of Development
Cullen Sadler	Marketing Coordinator
Amy Smith	Interim Assistant Dean, Office of Student Success
Vastine Stabler	Managing Artistic Director, Swine Palace
Amy Trahan	Business Manager, School of Music